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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Tennessee by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021

Hispanic (any race), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of *** is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Tennessee6


US (SEER+NPCR)ยง1


Sevier County6


Montgomery County6


Rutherford County6


Hamblen County6


Robertson County6


Davidson County6


Warren County6


Jefferson County6


Williamson County6


Putnam County6


Shelby County6


Coffee County6


Bradley County6


Anderson County6


Loudon County6


Hamilton County6


Wilson County6


Bedford County6


Maury County6


Blount County6


Knox County6


Cumberland County6


McMinn County6


Sumner County6


Washington County6


Madison County6


Sullivan County6


Benton County6 Bledsoe County6 Campbell County6 Cannon County6 Carroll County6 Carter County6 Cheatham County6 Chester County6 Claiborne County6 Clay County6 Cocke County6 Crockett County6 DeKalb County6 Decatur County6 Dickson County6 Dyer County6 Fayette County6 Fentress County6 Franklin County6 Gibson County6 Giles County6 Grainger County6 Greene County6 Grundy County6 Hancock County6 Hardeman County6 Hardin County6 Hawkins County6 Haywood County6 Henderson County6 Henry County6 Hickman County6 Houston County6 Humphreys County6 Jackson County6 Johnson County6 Lake County6 Lauderdale County6 Lawrence County6 Lewis County6 Lincoln County6 Macon County6 Marion County6 Marshall County6 McNairy County6 Meigs County6 Monroe County6 Moore County6 Morgan County6 Obion County6 Overton County6 Perry County6 Pickett County6 Polk County6 Rhea County6 Roane County6 Scott County6 Sequatchie County6 Smith County6 Stewart County6 Tipton County6 Trousdale County6 Unicoi County6 Union County6 Van Buren County6 Wayne County6 Weakley County6 White County6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 12:35 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

Data cannot be shown for the following areas. For more information on what areas are suppressed or not available, please refer to the table.
Benton, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon, Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Chester, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Crockett, DeKalb, Decatur, Dickson, Dyer, Fayette, Fentress, Franklin, Gibson, Giles, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Hardeman, Hardin, Hawkins, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Johnson, Lake, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marion, Marshall, McNairy, Meigs, Monroe, Moore, Morgan, Obion, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Smith, Stewart, Tipton, Trousdale, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Wayne, Weakley, White

† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Summary/Historic Combined Summary Stage (2004+).
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
NHIA (NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm) was used for Hispanic Ethnicity (see Technical Notes section of the USCS).
Statistics for minorities may be affected by inconsistent race identification between the cancer case reports (sources for numerator of rate) and data from the Census Bureau (source for denominator of rate); and from undercounts of some population groups in the census.

Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.

When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.